The Farmers’ Protest 2.0 is still underway due to which rail tracks along Ambala to Punjab remain closed. As per reports, hundreds of trains are being affected. Some trains have been cancelled for a short period of time while others are being rerouted through Amritsar, Pathankot and other stations. The Indian Railways have released a list of all the trains that have been diverted and of those cancelled until May 13.
Short terminated trains from Old Delhi and Ambala Cantt specifically include 14661-14662 (Barmer-Jammu Tawi), 15211-15212 (Darbhanga-Amritsar) till May 14.
Similarly, the trains canceled till May 13 include important trains of Jalandhar and Jalandhar Cantt stations. These include:
14033-14034 (Old Delhi to Mata Vaishno Devi Katra),
12497-12498 (Amritsar-Delhi, Shan-e-Punjab),
22429-22430 (Old Delhi-Pathankot),
12459-12460 (New Delhi-Amritsar),
12053. -12054 (Amritsar-Haridwar),
14681-14682 (New Delhi-Jalandhar City),
14653-14654 (Amritsar-Hisar),
14629-14630 (Chandigarh-Firozepur),
12411-12412 (Amritsar-Chandigarh),
12241-12242 ( Amritsar-Chandigarh),
04689-04690 (Ambala Cantt-Jalandhar City)
Commuters are facing a lot of trouble due to the cancellation of trains. Not only this all the trains are arriving late than their scheduled time due to route diversions. Due to this, passengers have to wait at the station for hours. In this sequence, when train number 14618 (Amritsar-Purnia Court) arrived, there was a huge rush at the station. Hundreds of commuters were seen pushing and shoving to board the train. The said train had arrived hours behind schedule and the people who came to the station had no information regarding the arrival of this train.
Routes of trains like Darbhanga, Jammu Tawi, Calcutta etc. have been diverted. Similarly, routes of dozens of trains passing through Jalandhar have been diverted. These include:
12425 (New Delhi-Jammu Tawi),
12445 (New Delhi-Katra),
13151 (Calcutta-Amritsar),
18237 (Korba-Amritsar),
18103 (Tata Nagar-Amritsar),
22423 (Gorakhpur-Amritsar),
22551 (Darbhanga-Amritsar)
Jammu Tawi),
13005 (Howrah-Amritsar),
12355 (Patna-Jammu),
22445 (Kanpur-Amritsar),
20807 (Vishakhapatna-Amritsar),
12013 (New Delhi-Amritsar),
12903 (Mumbai Central-Amritsar),
22461 (Katra-Delhi),
12311 (Kolkata-Amritsar),
14605 (Rishikesh-Jammu).
Commuters are facing a lot of trouble due to the cancellation of trains. Not only this all the trains are arriving late than their scheduled time due to route diversions. Due to this, passengers have to wait at the station for hours. In this sequence, when train number 14618 (Amritsar-Purnia Court) arrived, there was a huge rush at the station. Hundreds of commuters were seen pushing and shoving to board the train. The said train had arrived hours behind schedule and the commuter reportedly recieved no information regarding the arrival of the train.